Pin.



PATENTED MATH, 1907.

E. ANDERSON.

APPLICATION FILED 11017.6, 1903.

THE NORRIS PETERS 220., WASHINGTON, n. c.

UNITED SATES ATENT FFIOE.

EMIL ANDERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGN OR TO F. H. NOBLE & CO., OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

Application filed November 5, 1903. Serial No. 179,949.

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Be it known that I, EMIL ANDERSON, residing at Chicago, Cook county,Illinois, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Pins, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to attaching pins to be used in connection witharticles of jewelry, buttons and the like, and the object thereof is toprovide simple and inexpensive pins or means of attachment, as will bemade apparent from the description hereinafter given.

In articles of the general character described, the attaching member orpin proper should be presented or held projected at right angles to thebutton or the like, but heretofore such member or pin has been so madeand arranged that it was liable to work loose and to turn in respect tothe button or the like, with the result that the button could not bereadily and conveniently attached where intended. My invention isdesigned to overcome these objections, as well as to provide a simpleand inexpensive construction, as above suggested, the same comprisingessentially a cup made in a single piece and a pin, ring or the likewhich is incorporated therewith or secured thereto in the manner .andwith the resulting advantages hereinafter stated.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is.a perspective of a button to which myinvention is shown applied; Fig. 2 an elevation, enlarged as comparedwith Fig. 1, showing the pin and attaching cup; Figs. 3, 4 and 5 detailviews of the pin and cup separated; Fig. 6 an enlarged section on line66 of Fig. 1; Fig. 7 an elevation of a modified form of pin attachment;and Fig. 8 a section on line 88 of Fig. 7.

Referring to the construction illustrated by Figs. 1 to 6, the attachingor pin member proper is shown, for convenience in description, as asafety pin 1, one of whose arms is provided with a kink or bend 2. Thecup 3, to which the pin is to be attached securely and against anypossibility of turning, is

made in a single piece of thin sheet metal with a transverse opening 4punched out at the top. In the operation of forming this slot oropening, Which is done when the cup is made by the die, the metal is notremoved or cut away but simply pressed outwardly and laterally as seenin Fig. 4. This opening The parts described can thus be made verycheaply and be assembled with great rapidity, there being but two partsto the completed article and expensive soldering and.

other diiferent steps oroperations being avoided.

For the sake of clear explanation of my invention I have shown the pinattachment as employed in connection with a button and I will nowproceed to describe it in relation therewith. The button 5 is drilled atthe center and undercut as shown at 6 in Fig. 6. The cup 3, to Which thepin has been secured as stated, is inserted in the button opening whichis of a diameter to receive it, Whereupon, by a suitable instrument, thecup is flattened out, with the result that its edges will enter theunder cut and be retained thereby fixedly in position in the button.

Referring to Figs. 7 and 8, I have here illustrated the same principleof fastening as applied to a form of attaching member differing from thesafety pin 1. The form of attachment illustrated in these latter figuresis suitable for mounting jewels, cud-buttons and also for buttons whichare intended to be sewed instead of pinned on. In this modified form,the cup 3 is the same, but the attaching member is a ring? whichpartially enters the slot of the cup as seen in the draw ings, afterwhich. the slot is closed over in the manner hereinbefore explained.

By the use of my invention the pin or ring is fixedly secured to the cupand is always presented at right angles thereto, inasmuch as it cannotturn therein owing to the fact that the body of the pin or ring receivedwithin the cup resists such movement. Moreover, these articles can bemanufactured and assembled very rapidly and be made extremely cheap,especially as the number of steps or operations in their manufacture islimited and soldering is dispensed with.

I claim: v

1. In an article of the class described, the combination of a onepiececup the bowl of which is provided with a transverse slot, and anattaching member having a bent portion extending to the inside of thecup, the edges of said slot being turned over upon said bent portion tograsp and rigidly hold the same.

2. In an article of the class described, the combination of a one-piececup the bowl of which is provided with a transverse slot, and anattaching member having a mediate bent portion longitudinally disposedwithin said slot and eXtendin to the inside of the cup, the edges ofsaid s ot being turned over upon the inside of the bend to grasp andrigidly lgold said bent portion of the attaching mem- 3. In an articleof the class described, the

which isprovided with a transverse slot, a

slot and thereby prevented from rotating, the edges of such slot beingturned over to grasp and rigidly hold such bend of the pin.

4. The combination of a button 5 having an opening with an undercut 6, apin 1 having a bend 2, and a one-piece cup 3 .the bowl of which isprovided with a transverse slot 4', said bend being received by the slotand rigidly secured therein by the bent edges thereof and said cup beingforced into the undercut of the button.

I EMIL ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

F. H. NOBLE, l R. E. KEHL.

combination of a one-piece cup the bow] of 20 pin having a bend or kink2 received by said i

